The Life of Shakespeare
The month and year in which Shakespeare was born
What is April 1564?
The monarch who reigned during most of Shakespeare's life.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
The shape of the Globe theater
What is circular (round or oval)?
An exclamation of dismay or disgust
What is fie?
The rhythm structure used in his sonnets
What is iambic pentameter?
The city in which he was born and raised
What is Stratford upon Avon?
The two religious denominations that clashed in Europe during Shakespeare's life.
What are Protestant and Catholic?
The Shakespeare play being performed when the Globe caught on fire
What was King Henry VIII?
Pay attention to
What is mark?
What is 37?
His occupations
What are actor and playwrite?
He was the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe during Shakespeare's lifetime.
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
The name of Shakespeare's acting company
What is Lord Chamberlain's men?
A polite way of asking something
What is pray or prithee?
The number of sonnets written by Shakespeare
What is 154?
The grammar school at which he attended
What is King's New School?
He came to power after the death of Queen Elizabeth 1
Who was King James I?
The first playhouse built by James Burbage.
What was the Theater?
A way to address inferiors
What is sirrah?
The three categories of plays written by Shakespeare
What are tragedies, comedies, and histories?
His age when and the year in which he died.
What are 52 and 1616?
The language from which King James I had the Bible translated into English.
What is Latin?
Playwrights used these instead of scenery to picture the scene on stage
What are vivid words?
The term that means "jealousy"
What is "The green-eyed monster?"
The collection of his plays published after his death
What is the First Folio?